Art by Kayo Horaguchi

Fantastic figures and colours

The silhouettes in Kayo Horaguchi's images must remind us of Fujishiro's paper cutouts, but her style is really quite different, and even more unrestrained (if that is possible). The pictures are all collages, often difficult to parse at first sight, but as you explore them, details start to pop out all over the place. They will make great puzzles, because you can puzzle out the picture as you put it together!

A pleasant afternoon chatting and shopping with friends is one of the essentials of happiness, says the artist. There are clothes to be seen in plenty, and some animals, parrots and a large dog, an old treadle sewing machine, and goodness! Are those penguins with shopping bags?

Really jolly bright colours all across this puzzle, so plenty of interest. The usual characters, young ladies and giraffes and so on, and some dalmatians in top hats. I am not sure, but I do not think that is a flying banana in the centre. But it might be.

The usual cacophany of various animals including leggy ladies, and perhaps the figure on the right is a queen, who is picking some black fruits. Throughout the picture are the motifs of jewels and circled numbers...

Kayo Horaguchi

Born in Tokyo, Kayo Horaguchi started her career as a clothing designer, and gained experience in textile design and graphic design in the fashion business, until going freelance in 2006 as an illustrator and artist.

Note: The translations of titles are mine.

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For reference: you can view all of her puzzles that are out of print in the Attic.